A severe gun duel that lasted for almost two hours rocked the city Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, Wednesday afternoon, paralysing economic activities in the trouble state.

The Police Public Relations officer, Mr. Toyin Gbadegesin, who confirmed the incidence to Channels Television said it was an attack on security forces by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect.

He revealed that security forces have gone to carry the corpse of a civil defense officer believed to have being killed by the insurgents at Gwange Area of the metropolis and on their way back, they were attacked by other suspected sect members.

The security forces according to him repelled the attack.

According to him, there were no casualties on the side of the security forces pointing out that security operation are still on going at the area because the attackers are believed to have been hiding.

A Joint Task Force (JTF) source told Channels Television that one arrest has so far been made at the scene of the attack.

After the attack, normal activities in the state capital came to a standstill as commercial shops among other business activities remained closed.

Attacks of security personnel on patrol of recent have become rampant in Damaturu in recent weeks.

This comes less than 24 hours after the Joint Task force (JTF) in the state embarked on an enlightenment campaign for the residents of the city on the need to give information to the security with a view to curb the activities of the insurgents.